528: Mathematics Extended Major - Fall 2010 Catalog Year

1. Students who wish to declare
a 528 mathematics major are initially designated as 528P -
Mathematics (Prep). In
order to
be
granted full admission into the 528 mathematics major, a student must
satisfy
the following requirements:

•
Complete MATH 136, MATH 137, AND
MATH 307 or MATH 310, with a grade of C or better in each course.
• Have an overall GPA of at least 2.4 in
all mathematics program courses completed prior to admission (MATH136
and
above).
• Submit a Change of Major form to
change from 528P to a 528 major.

2. A minimum of 48 hours of mathematics is required. A minimum of
120 unduplicated undergraduate semester hours is required. See
bottom of this page
for information on enrolling in graduate courses.

3. No minor is required. But at least one-third of the
course requirements in any major or minor must be earned at WKU.

4. At least one-half of the semester hours required for each
major and minor must be earned in undergraduate courses numbered 300
and above. (See the 2010
Undergraduate
Catalog
for exceptions for minors in business administration and computer
information systems, and majors in social studies, art education,
middle grades education, and middle grades science).

5. A minimum of 42
undergraduate semester hours must be completed
in courses numbered 300 and above.

6. You must have a GPA of at least 2.0 (i) in all credits
presented for graduation whether earned at WKU or elsewhere, (ii) in
all credits completed at WKU, (iii) overall in the major subjects and
in the minor subjects, and (iv) in the major subjects and in the minor
subjects completed at WKU.

The minimum residence requirement for
the bachelor’s degree is 25% of
the minimum number of semester hours required in the student’s degree
program. At least 16 of the hours counted in meeting the residence
requirement must be completed after the semester in which the student
has earned a cumulative total of at least 90 semester hours. Exceptions
to these regulations may be made for WKU students who have been given
permission to transfer credits earned at accredited professional
schools to apply as electives toward the degree.

Application
for Graduation

All candidates for a baccalaureate
degree are expected to apply for
graduation immediately after attaining senior status (90 hours earned).
Associate degree candidates are expected to apply for graduation after
earning 48 hours. The Application for Graduation is available on TopNet
under Student Records.

Repeating
Courses

An undergraduate student is permitted
to repeat a maximum of six
courses. Only two courses in which a grade of “C” or above has
been earned may be repeated.

Credit for a course in which a grade of “F” has been received can be
earned only by repeating the course in residence unless prior approval
is given by the head of the department in which the course was taken. A
course in which a grade of “D” has been received may be repeated at
another accredited institution.

A course that has been failed cannot be repeated by independent
learning without special permission from the department head. A
student may not repeat by proficiency testing a course which has been
previously taken or failed at WKU or another accredited
institution.

If a course is repeated, only the second grade will be counted in
computing the grade point average; if the course is repeated a second
time both the second and the third grades will be used in computing the
grade point average. The grade received for each attempt will continue
to appear on the student’s academic record. A student may attempt a
single course no more than three times.

Enrollment
in Graduate Courses

Undergraduate students at Western
Kentucky University may enroll in
graduate level courses. Several conditions must be met to
facilitate such enrollment:

1. Students must file all appropriate paper work through the Office of
Graduate Studies and Research.
a. Undergraduate Application for Graduate
Enrollment
Form
b. Letter of recommendation from director of
graduate program (or department head) that speaks to the
student’s
ability to perform at
graduate level and justification of
appropriateness of enrollment in such
courses.

2. Undergraduate students must have
declared a major or minor in the
subject area or a closely related area for which the graduate course is
offered.

3. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the major or
minor area to which the graduate coursework is closely related.

4. Students may enroll in no more
than 15 hours of coursework (graduate
and undergraduate combined) in any semester in which enrollment in
graduate-level courses occurs.

5. With the concurrence of the
student’s undergraduate advisor,
department head and dean, graduate coursework may be used to satisfy
undergraduate degree requirements; however, graduate credit hours used
to meet the requirements for a baccalaureate degree may not be used
toward a graduate degree.